This book and CD package will provide the contemporary pianist with the tools necessary to improvise accompaniments with chord voicings characteristic of today's jazz sound. Learn how to comp from a fake book, including how to incorporate the melody within contemporary jazz chord voicing styles. The accompanying CD includes several of the examples in the book recorded in a jazz combo context.

Master chord theory ... in minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvise and Solo - Talk about chops! Comprehend key structure like never before; Transpose Keys - Instantly transpose any progression into each and every key; Compose Your Own Music - Watch your songwriting blossom! No music reading is necessary. This is the kind of device that players of any instrument can use to enhance their musical understanding. Chord and key relationships are inseparable, and learning these relationships is a must in becoming a successful musician. - Alan Remington, Orange Coast College Music Dept.

Charlie Bisharat, renowned violinist for John Tesh, offers every violinist the tools and skill necessary to play improvised music! This book/CD pack contains everything you need to know about groove and feel, playing over chord changes, and extended techniques. Musical examples are in the styles of Shankar, Grappelli, Goodman and Ponty, and cover jazz, blues, rock, popular, ethnic and world music.

Many voice students are incorrectly taught to sight-sing by memorizing the sounds of intervals. This book is for you if you'd like to be able to look at any melody and instantly know how it sounds. It will show you how to memorize the sound of each scale degree in both major and minor keys, sing chromatic tones, and much more. Packed with tips and tricks, this new book is essential for every vocalist.